Install Nginx with PHP 5.3.3 (PHP-FPM) on Ubuntu 10.10

Today I’ll go over the steps of how to get PHP-FPM and Nginx working together on Ubuntu 10.10. I used this article as my starting point and made some minor modifications of my own.

To start with I used a clean version of Ubuntu 10.10 (Desktop). Adjust if needed for Ubuntu Server but the steps should really work the same with the exception you most likely won’t be running a browser on Ubuntu Server.

The first step is to update and install Aptitude if you don’t have it already. From there I’ll install Nginx and get it running.